Cha Patel: how can we include patients more in their own care?

Cha Patel, non-executive director, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, explains how we can include patients more in care and how the growing number of older people will affect the health and social care system in the future.

Comments

Nigel Fenner

Position

Founder and Director,

Organisation

SEMPA CIC (or Supporting Employers Managing PAs)

Comment date

23 July 2014

One of the unnoticed and yet best resources we have in the UK for managing our aging population are the 200,000 disabled people who through Direct Payments and Personal Budgets manage their own care in their own homes. SEMPA not only works with such disabled people but also sees itself working increasingly with elderly people. The biggest challenge is the Contract of Trust between the disabled or elderly person as the employer, and their carer / PA as their employee. For a promotional video on SEMPA's Contract of Trust resource go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os5Afb4vOrw